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.SH "NAME"
make_win_bin_dist \- package MySQL distribution as ZIP archive
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Previously, this script was used on Windows after building a MySQL distribution from source to create executable programs\&. It packaged the binaries and support files into a ZIP archive that can be unpacked at the location where you want to install MySQL\&.
.PP
To create a binary distribution now, execute
\fBmake package\fR
in the top\-level directory of the source tree\&.
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.br
.PP
Copyright \(co 1997, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
.PP
This documentation is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it only under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
.PP
This documentation is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
.PP
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with the program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
For more information, please refer to the MySQL Reference Manual,
which may already be installed locally and which is also available
online at http://dev.mysql.com/doc/.
.SH AUTHOR
Oracle Corporation (http://dev.mysql.com/).
